By default, WordPress do not allows shortcodes to be executed inside custom fields. If for some reason you need to be able to execute a shortcode inside a specific custom field, here is an easy way to do it…

Last week I featured three tips for effectively utilizing shortcodes. Now what’s the point in having all of that knowledge if you can’t use it? It’s time to get down and dirty with some shortcodes that you can use on…

Have you ever been in the situation where you have a great looking WordPress theme, but you are missing some custom styling for different elements? Maybe you don’t know PHP , CSS and Javascript and are not able to…

Do you need some quick, nice-looking download, demo or call-to-action buttons on your WordPress site? Easy Shortcode Buttons makes a collection of beautiful buttons conveniently available to you inside the WordPress…

Shortcodes, which many plugins take advantage of, are an easy and quick way to insert special kinds of content into your posts or pages. A shortcode typically looks something like this one from a plugin that is supposed…

Shortcodes is a handy concept in WordPress. It lets you do unique things to specific pages or posts. It could be as simple as highlighting some text or adding a button. Shortcodes are widely used in themes. In premium themes, one of the major selling points is the usage of shortcodes to style various elements within a […]

Shortcodes can be extremely handy to add extra functions or design features to your site, lots of themes these days have them built-in which probably isnt the best way to handle them as if you change themes you will lose functionality…

Shortcode Reference is perhaps one of the most handy WordPress plugins I’ve found in a long time. The Problem: If you have a lot of plugins that utilize shortcodes for their output, it can be difficult to remember which…

Sometimes we want to make it easy for site administrators to include the value of a custom field (maybe created as part of a custom meta box) into a post. An ideal solution to this challenge is to use shortcodes…

Today, we’re going to look at how to use shortcodes in conjunction with a variety of popular services – including sites like YouTube and Flickr by first recapping how to create a shortcode, and then how to convert that third-party code into something that can be repeated and manipulated.

As usual it is best practice to load your styles and scripts for your WordPress Themes only when needed, to keep the site loading quickly and to avoid any JS errors. In order to do this, there are tons…

WordPress introduced shortcodes waaay back in version 2.5 as a great way of adding theme-specific styling through a simple-to-use tag in your post editor, or in your theme’s coding. We can command some…

When creating websites for clients, especially those who are not so familiar with website editing or the internet in general, it is always useful to customise the WordPress Admin in order to make it simpler and more intuitive…

At some point in the past year, a disturbing movement has been growing in the WordPress theme development community. If you’ve ever looked at a few themes from Theme Forest, you might have noticed this horrible trend. This isn’t just a Theme Forest issue though; it’s a problem that’s growing in the theme development community and must be eradicated…

Since releasing our shortcodes (which are included in the WooFramework), we’ve really been enjoying your feedback in terms of how you were using the shortcodes, and what kind of shortcodes you would like to see us develop, & include going forward. This feedback lead us to including a spiffy new shortcode generator a little while…